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Chateau Lumiere
The amazingly elegant abandonment tucked away in the French mountains.
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Close-up of a rose in deterioration .
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A dead tree trunk being very, very slowly devoured and rotted by moss, lichen, toadstools and so on. In the woods near Danebridge in Staffordshire
Faded roses in cut glass, resting on a chipped windowsillβproof that even in decay, there's quiet beauty.
Fujifilm X-T10 with Nikkor MF 50mm f1.2 Ai-S.
This wall on Rampart Street in New Orleans in one of my favorite moments in the history of cities. Elegant decay is a beautiful thing.
Stone carved angel slowly being worn down by the weather - Entry to The Cloisters of St Andrew's Hall Norwich (originally a friary and was completed in 1449)
The Museo Poldi Pezzoli is a sort of haphazardly-presented collection of 15th-18th century paintings, and various decorative arts, where there are multiple examples of the same type of thing without much interpretive material on what differences one might be looking for within the collection. I liked this big elegantly decaying mirror - I thought it was probably pretty easy to understand.
Other than the famous dead people, the appeal of old world cemeteries is supposed to be the elegant decay. Pere Lachaise has elegant decay in spades.
I was in a more run-down, less touristy area this morning, where the "elegant decay" is perhaps further along the process of decay
I peeked in a door that was probably not open to the public, and I saw this nice foyer with a statue of a goddess with a sea creature, and a staircase in a state of more or less "elegant decay"
What I saw was a building looking soot-blackened and worn down, with evocative wrought-iron window fittings. What my camera saw does not do it justice.
I call this piece "Silent Feast in the Forgotten Chamber." My intention here was to evoke a sense of timeless elegance and poignant decay. I was drawn to the juxtaposition of a refined, almost ceremonial display of charcuterie and cheese against the backdrop of a dilapidated, sun-drenched interior. The long, slender silhouette, draped in black, stands as a silent sentinel, a figure of grace amidst the crumbling walls, perhaps representing the enduring spirit of artistry or the quiet witness to history's passage.
The play of light is crucial, with the warm, afternoon sun casting dramatic shadows and highlighting the rich textures of both the ancient wall and the meticulously arranged food. It's about finding beauty in imperfection and dignity in abandonment. The meticulously presented food, imbued with a warm glow, becomes a symbol of enduring luxury or perhaps a melancholic last supper in a place once grand. It speaks to the impermanence of structures but the lasting appeal of sensual experience and aesthetic arrangement.
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